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EBC Family Fun Run masayang nilahukan ng magkakapamilya at makakaibigan

(Eagle News) — Sa ginawang EBC Fun Run ay naging excited ang mga participant dahil sa dami ng mga nakilahok, tila naging reunion din ang aktibidad lalo na sa magkakapamilya, at magkakaibigan. Maaga pa lamang ay nagtungo na sa Ciudad De Victoria ang mga participant ng fun run. Ang programa ay sinimulan ng isang zumba dance para sa mga runner. Pagkatapos nito sama-samang nagtungo na ang mga nakatakdang tumakbo sa racing tracks. Nauna ang 9.55k […]

Asian markets start week on cautious note

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were largely flat on Monday morning following weak US trading at the end of last week and as nervousness over Chinese growth put pressure on global equities. After early gains, Hong Kong hovered between positive and negative territory, edging up 0.2 percent by mid-morning. Tokyo and Shanghai stocks were largely unchanged, with Tokyo trading down by 0.1 percent. “Flagging growth in China revived global growth concerns,” Stephen Innes, […]

Seoul says N. Korea asked to delay Pompeo talks: report

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea asked the United States to delay planned high-level talks in New York this week, Seoul’s top diplomat said Thursday, a day after Washington abruptly announced the meeting’s postponement. The US State Department said Wednesday that the encounter between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, initially scheduled for Thursday, had been shelved for “a later date”. No further explanation was given, but […]

For some Republicans, Trumpism paved way to victory

by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — While dozens of newcomer Democrats won seats in Congress in Tuesday’s midterms, several Republicans also emerged on the national stage, forming a fresh battalion of conservatives pushing US President Donald Trump’s political agenda. Despite the Republican Party’s mixed results in the election, true adherents to Trumpism claimed wins in various states at multiple levels, a sign that the president’s influence remains strong among his […]

Republicans, Democrats in frenzied final push ahead of US elections

  by Brian Knowlton Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republicans and Democrats were making frenzied, final pushes Sunday to motivate their voters ahead of midterm elections seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s divisive first two years in office. With Trump continuing a hectic schedule of campaign appearances and former president Barack Obama making a last appeal for a Democratic candidate in Chicago, both sides say voter turnout will be key. […]

Prince George’s County prepares for US midterm elections

MARYLAND (Eagle News) — As midterm elections draw near, Prince George’s County Board of Elections in Maryland is in its extensive preparations for the 2018 gubernatorial elections. Tasked with the supervision of all county, state and federal elections in Prince George’s County, the board aims for an orderly electoral process. This finds support from more than 3,500 election judges who will fulfill duties in the polling places to ensure fair and accessible elections. Election judges […]

14 landslide survivors reported in DPWH landslide site; five recovered dead, says PIA-CAR

  (Eagle News) — A total of 14 survivors were rescued from the landslide site of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) building at Sitio Sakrang, Bgy. Banawel,, Natonin, Mt. Province, according to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Cordillera. As of 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, five people were recovered dead, while nine were still missing in the landslide that buried three buildings of the DPWH second engineering district office in Natonin town, […]

US suspect who claims Filipino ancestry charged over 13 bombs in mail

  A Florida fan of Donald Trump was arrested and charged Friday with mailing 13 bombs to opponents of the US president in a brazen, week-long spree that inflamed the country ahead of key elections. Cesar Sayoc, 56, who claims to have Filipino ancestry in his LinkedIn account, says his grandfather was a prominent surgeon in the Philippines. He is a registered Republican with a criminal history and reported past as a stripper. He was […]